FS: Asteroids Deluxe Boards

[blkdog7]

I have to say, I agree with this. I don't like disconnecting my boards in my working games to test an unknown pcb. If a game works, I leave it alone. The more you mess with it, the more you risk something breaking. Or just stop working for whatever mysterious reason.

He's not asking a premium price, so he is pricing according to the risk he is willing to take. If he tested it and it worked I am sure he'd ask more. So, this is fair.

 

[Fly]

Most of us know untested means broken but it sure would be a better world if we could trust in that hope...

I'll have you know there ARE honest people out there because I've bought from them. Here and on ebay. I've gotten 4 boards from 4 different sellers listed as untested and they ALL WORKED. So get of his back and dont buy his stuff if you dont trust him. He didn ask for a ton of money and I'm sure his prices are negotiable.

Hector

 

[Robran68]

I've actually tested an Asteroids board one time with my newly rebuilt and working XY monitor and guess what...the damn board fried two transistors in the monitor! The board came real close to becoming a Frisbee!! I don't blame anybody for not testing boards in their working games.

That is all........

 

[AtHomeTech]

I'll have you know there ARE honest people out there because I've bought from them. Here and on ebay. I've gotten 4 boards from 4 different sellers listed as untested and they ALL WORKED. So get of his back and dont buy his stuff if you dont trust him. He didn ask for a ton of money and I'm sure his prices are negotiable.

Hector

Lucky you! I'd be willing to bet thats not the norm and thats not really what my issue is. Maybe it is just 'untested'... maybe captainflynntastic is honest as mother teresa but it sure dont look that way reading one is tested and kinda works and one is untested.

If you alll wanna buy broken errr untested stuff go for it, I'm not saying you shouldnt buy his crap, I'm saying sell broken shit as broken and working as working, untested is at best a cop out and worst case a lie meant to sucker somone like you into hoping it works.

-Ken

 

[LUCKYMAN]

Lucky you! I'd be willing to bet thats not the norm and thats not really what my issue is. Maybe it is just 'untested'... maybe captainflynntastic is honest as mother teresa but it sure dont look that way reading one is tested and kinda works and one is untested.

If you alll wanna buy broken errr untested stuff go for it, I'm not saying you shouldnt buy his crap, I'm saying sell broken shit as broken and working as working, untested is at best a cop out and worst case a lie meant to sucker somone like you into hoping it works.

-Ken

whatever dude, WELCOME TO THE GAME!!!

 

[flynn54321]

Dude you just don't get it. I stand by the original listing.
I had 2 boards for sale... 1 plays blind - the other is not tested. Why is this so difficult for you to understand? I DID NOT put it into a working machine to see what it did or did NOT do.
The one that I gave a description of what it was doing - was diagnosed (if that's what you want to call it) in a customers machine on location. Then 2 weeks later I got another AD board in... am I supposed to go to the customers pizza place and ask if I can risk this board in HIS machine because I don't feel comfortable trying it in MINE?

And why would I do that??? So that a nobody on these boards can sleep better at night knowing he purchased a board with a 100% spot on diagnosis? Oh wait... that's right... YOU"RE NOT BUYING IT FROM ME IN THE FIRST PLACE!
Do us all a favor... go back to the rock you crawled out from under.

 

[VectorInvadr]

Wow ! Flynn has a 37 feedback rating at 100%, why do you have your panties in a bunch for?
Go take a nap, works for me.

 

[tyranix95]

I'll have you know there ARE honest people out there because I've bought from them. Here and on ebay. I've gotten 4 boards from 4 different sellers listed as untested and they ALL WORKED. So get of his back and dont buy his stuff if you dont trust him. He didn ask for a ton of money and I'm sure his prices are negotiable.

Hector

I've actually tested an Asteroids board one time with my newly rebuilt and working XY monitor and guess what...the damn board fried two transistors in the monitor! The board came real close to becoming a Frisbee!! I don't blame anybody for not testing boards in their working games.

That is all........

IMHO, Strong Points.

I bought an untested NARC board set from a KLOVer and it arrived as described--looking good and untested. And, I got lucky--it worked. Also, the newer JAMMA boards are much easier to test than the older NON-JAMMA boards. And, yes, NARC board set was a pain to wire up; however, working or not working, I feel I got what I paid for.

Anyways, the way I see it--an untested board is the sellers lost opportunity--not the buyer's. If a prospective buyer does not like the board's condition or the board's price, then they don't have to buy it. They can look around for another board to buy.

 

[ArcRevival]

Look at you all being a knight in shiny solder...

Aren't you clever.

I have no issue with people selling broken items. My issue is with the broken crap getting 'churched up' as untested instead of just saying its broken.

Because untested is all "churched up".

Someone with little to no money may be hoping against hope that he can get his asteroids up and running with the last $60 he has and may actaully think untested is just untested and not for sure dont work.

If some idiot spends the "last $60 he has " just to get an arcade game working then he has even bigger problems.

Most of us know untested means broken

Exactly. So wtf is your problem.

 

[AtHomeTech]

Because untested is all "churched up".

It is if what you mean is BROKEN.


Anyway, I'm done in here. Flynn, Sorry for jackin your thread. I believe you didn't 'test' it and I hope someone buys it, even better if they hit the jackpot and it works!

-Ken

 

[demogo]

I'm not the one selling one tested and one obviously broken 'untested' board. I'm not the only person who thinks that tactic is kinda slimeball used car salesmanish. My post count is not really a refelction of my activity in the collector/gaming community but thanks for helping me get my post count up so I can have some street cred...

No, his credibility comes from the past 37 times he's sold products here and had the purchaser leave him positive feedback for a good sale. Unlike at Ebay positive transactions here actually means something.

And you can add me to the list that has had positive experiences with him.

In general I agree with your statement re: listing things as untested. However you have no freaking clue about this guy so I'm not sure where you get off with the lectures and finger pointing.

 

[MajorHavoc]

Dear Ken and Joe,

Here is how us civilized "jokers" handle this situation:

Flynn, why is one board tested and the other one NOT?

HTH

 

[crazygamer]

Thats what I'm talking about. Why is one tested and the other not. Scared to hook the board up,?.. please - cum on now. .

What's that, only 7 posts. Don't mean nothing. Been collecting and fixing for over a decade.

Dug in Oregon

 

[VectorInvadr]

- cum on now. .


Dug in Oregon

ooops......

 

[tyranix95]

LoL!!!!

 

[flynn54321]

Dear Ken and Joe,

Here is how us civilized "jokers" handle this situation:

Flynn, why is one board tested and the other one NOT?

HTH

I think I explained it pretty clearly in this thread.

 

[billybob2236]

Vector Pcbs like to fry monitors, I have blow many Monitors from bad vector boards. I blew out my tempest monitor 3 time testing boards. now I dont touch my good cabs to test boards. I have a huge stack of boards to test for game that I own, waiting to get a junker cab to test them.

I also know brad(flynn) as he lives 5 miles from me and is a great guy, have bought and sold to him many times.

-Jake

 

[LyonsArcade]

I believe the OP. If he's trying to lie and cheat somebody, why would he say the one board is TESTED BROKE? He'd say they were both Untested! Duh!

There's a thousand reasons you could have one tested not working board, and one untested board. Maybe he got them at different times. Or maybe like he said he doesn't want to mess with his working game. I've got a stack of Spy Hunter boards I'm not going to test because there's noway in hell I'm messing with my Spy Hunter. BREATHE on that thing wrong and it could break.

You guys jump all over his ass like you're smart enough to figure out he's lying, but why weren't you smart enough to figure out he already said one board was tested broken? Stupid.

 

[demogo]

The real DUH moment about this thread is the poster making a general statement and accusation against a particular member here with a sterling rep.

Ridiculous!

And BTW, I've tested all of someone's boards in my Spy Hunter game -- it all turned out well. And I even figured out how to do it when testing my spare wiring harness that I had to repair -- without losing my high scores on the game!

After reading this thread however I won't be offering the same with any of my vector games.

 

[LyonsArcade]

LOL! I hear ya. My spy hunter has original ribbon cables, and they look like shit so I'm afraid to even look at it.

I had one in the past that had a graphics glitch, I took the boardset apart about 10 times testing it and trying to figure out the problem, If I never take a Spy Hunter board stack apart again I'll be quite alright, lol.

Back when the WG6100's and things first came out, I heard that sometimes the board would fry the monitor's chassis transistors, then the op would buy all new expensive transistors for it (chassis mount)... back then they were like $35 bucks EACH. So they'd put all 6 back in, turn the game back on, and the bad board would fry all 6 of them again. OUUUUCHHH.

Kind of explains why the vector revolution didn't last too long, lol.